Hey y'all! I hope you've had a good weekend and a not so rough Monday! Today I wanted to talk about what I've been up to as far as being MIA. Finals are approaching (thank the Lord because I'm over this semester) annnnnd I've actually been working towards some other projects. One specifically being reaching out the the vast majority of men I'm close to or grew up with getting their insight perspective on why it is they don't really speak on mental health/illness.
Now let me tell you. In our community, it's not known to be vulnerable and open. I had a few that didn't respond which is totally okay. For the ones that did I was humbled, nevertheless surprised. You really don't know anything about ANYTHING until you ask questions. I'm so happy I did. And even more stoked I got answers. We go hard for our me . Whether it's a sibling, cousin, friend, significant other, spouse.. but do we really truly understand what they're feeling at times?
It surprised me that most of the responses I got were lack of male figures in the community especially when they didn't have a set male in their life to begin with. Another reason was society's standards for Black and Latino/Hispanic men. Black men are known to be aggressive and unapproachable. Latino/Hispanic are known to be incompetent while clueless. For these men I know to tell me they've been told that or have consistently heard that broke my heart.
Even going as far as "if we really opened up to the world let alone a white therapist you gotta know they'd use that vulnerability to try and tarnish black men even more. That's why you only see women or black women speak on certain topics and the men that attack them for talking truth are the main ones that need counseling and healing."
How in the hell.. no better yet only an insecure fool would label some of the most strong minded men such fabricated BS.
I have a few of my guys who agreed to make a YouTube video about it. Which is taking a while because clearly we don't all live in the same state so give me some time y'all I PROMISE you're going to need and want to hear this. If any of you are interested in speaking or even putting in word of your thoughts/feelings/opinions on this, email me at mindfulofminorities@gmail.com. I cannot wait for you guys to read this in-depth blog more so the video we are creating. Thank you for your patience ♥️
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